Anna Maria Island- Family Vacation - 2012

This year we had decided to go to Anna Maria Island for our annual family vacation.  The timing was difficult because we were set to leave ten days after Tony's passing.  After much thought, we decided that the timing was perfect.  This was the perfect time to huddle together as a family and support each other during the difficult days.  We convinced Emoy to join us for a few days.  It was hard to get Tony off anyone's mind.  He was an avid cook, and the year before had enjoyed himself cooking for all of us in Marco Island.  I, for one, kept thinking how different it would've been if he had been there.  But in a way, he was.  We made the best of a difficult time for all of us.  We laughed, we cried, and we remembered.  We know he would've wanted us to go on and enjoy ourselves.  Tony, we tried.